New museum seeks old photos

10:40 AM,
Jan. 4, 2014

Artist's rendering: An artistic rendering of the proposed Guam and Chamorro Educational Facility, also known as the Guam Museum, which will be built on Skinner Plaza grounds in Hagåtña. The museum is expected to be completed in December. The museum's curator is issuing a call-out for photos of the old museum, which opened in 1932. Courtesy of the governor's office

Written by

Jerick Sablan
Pacific Sunday News

The Guam and Chamorro Educational Facility is asking anyone with photographs of the grand opening of the old Guam Museum in 1932 or of the Japanese Garden in Hagåtña to share them.

Sandy Yee, the recently named curator of the museum, said an article in the Guam Recorder sparked interest in finding a photo of the grand opening or the garden outside the museum.

Both are mentioned in the article about the museum's opening on Arbor Day in 1932, when the Japanese community on Guam donated the garden. The museum currently has no photos of this historic event or garden. Yee said she hopes ...